IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chuckles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1972NV001012
  • User Pedon ID: 1972NV001012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 1972NV001012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 72C0024
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43958
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 39.6583333
  • Std. Longitude: -118.1472222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 34E
  • Section: 27
  • Location Description: Churchill County, Nevada; about 2 miles southwest of Dixie Valley School; .3 miles east of Dixie Valley Road at the mouth of Job Canyon
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV001—Churchill
  • MLRA: 27—Fallon-Lovelock Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV770—Churchill County Area, Nevada, Parts of Churchill and Lyon Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. B. Alexander, E. L. Spencer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chuckles
  • PSC - 7 to 28 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Typic Natrargid
  • Classificaton Date - 4/28/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/28/1972 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 14672
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    SAVE4

    SAVE4

    Sarcobatus vermiculatus

    Sarcobatus vermiculatus

    greasewood

    greasewood

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    102

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    13

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    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; moderate very thin platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00142
    A12—3 to 7 centimeters (1.2 to 2.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; strong thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular and 0.5 fine vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00143
    B2t—7 to 16 centimeters (2.8 to 6.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and thin platy, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00144
    B3ca—16 to 28 centimeters (6.3 to 11.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; moderate thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00145
    C1—28 to 40 centimeters (11.0 to 15.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary.
    2C2—40 to 72 centimeters (15.7 to 28.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 roots; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary.
    3C3—72 to 114 centimeters (28.3 to 44.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary.
    4C4—114 to 125 centimeters (44.9 to 49.2 inches); white (10YR 8/1) and light gray (10YR 7/2), light gray (10YR 7/1) and brown (10YR 5/3), moist; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary.
    5C5—125 to 150 centimeters (49.2 to 59.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 72C00146